This Week in Quotes

And now we’ve got the Congressional Black Caucus here in Washington, DC, today will be leading a protest and they have declared Donald Trump to be a racist. Now, why are they the authority on that? I call them the self-segregating caucus, and so, they long ago moved away from the integration that we really need in this country. — Steve King

According to the most recent study by the Dept. of Justice, although blacks were only about 15% of the population in the 75 largest counties in the U.S., they were charged with 62% of all robberies, 57% of murders, and 45% of assaults.

In New York City, blacks commit over three quarters of all shootings, though they are only 25% of the city’s population. Whites, by contrast, commit only 2% of all shootings, though they are 34% of the population.

New York’s crime disparities are repeated in virtually every racially diverse city in America. — Heather MacDonald

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Every critic, every detractor, will have to bow down to President Trump. It’s everyone who’s ever doubted Donald, who ever disagreed, who ever challenged him… — Omarosa

The grievance in their minds (of the Charlotte protesters) – the animus, the anger – they hate white people because white people are successful and they’re not. — U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger

Those people need to get on board. And if they’re thinking they’re going to run again someday, I think that we’re going to evaluate the process — of the nomination process and I don’t think it’s going to be that easy for them. — Rence Priebus

Along the way, I noted that in Europe the arithmetic is pretty crude: if you have a lot of Muslims (as do France, Belgium and Germany), you have a lot of terrorism; if you have hardly any Muslims (as do Poland and the Czech Republic), you have no terrorism. — Mark Steyn

“In politics, there’s always criticism. If no one is throwing rocks at you, you’re not doing much of anything. I’ve discussed it with both Heidi and my dad. I love my wife. I love my dad. Both of them have forgiven Donald. I have forgiven him. This is not personal. This is not about our family. It’s about the country. — Ted Cruz on his endorsement of Donald Trump